Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. This was the first Summer Olympics in which athletes from the newly independent Irish Free State competed separately. Following the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, the name changed (officially) to 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' but the Olympic team competed as Great Britain from the 1928 games onwards. 267 competitors, 239 men and 28 women, took part in 115 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Sixty-five athletes represented Great Britain in 1924. It was the nation's seventh appearance in the sport; Great Britain was one of three nations, along with Greece and the United States, to have competed in each edition of the Olympic athletics competitions. With three gold medals and eleven total medals, the British athletes finished third in both counts behind the Americans and the Finns. Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, two of the British Olympic champions in the sport, would later be the subjects of the film Chariots of Fire for their competition in Paris.

Liddell won the 400 metres, breaking the world record in the final. Abrahams took the gold medal in the 100 metres, matching the Olympic record in three of the four rounds. Lowe took the third championship for Great Britain, in the 800 metres. The 4 × 100 metre relay team, including Abrahams, briefly took the world record, though relinquished it to the American team which beat the British squad in the final.

Ranks given are within the heat.

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Harold Abrahams	100 m	11.0	1 Q	10.6 =OR	1 Q	10.6 =OR	1 Q	10.6 =OR
	200 m	22.2	1 Q	22.0	1 Q	21.9	3 Q	22.3	6
Charles Beckwith	Shot put	N/A				12.48	7	did not advance
John Benham	Cross country	N/A						did not finish
Frederick Blackett	400 m hurdles	N/A		56.9	2 Q	58.4	3 Q	Disqualified
Halland Britton	10000 m	N/A						32:06.0	6
David Burghley	110 m hurdles	N/A		Unknown	3	did not advance
Guy Butler	400 m	50.2	1 Q	49.8	1 Q	47.9	2 Q	48.6
James Campbell	Pole vault	N/A				3.20	7	did not advance
Ernest Clark	10 km walk	N/A				Unknown	5 Q	49:59.2	6
Charles Clibbon	5000 m	N/A				15:35.6	4 Q	15:29.0	6
	10000 m	N/A						Unknown	14
David Cummings	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				Unknown	5	did not advance
Jock Dalrymple	Javelin throw	N/A				46.92	12	did not advance
Henri Dauban de Silhouette	Javelin throw	N/A				44.70	13	did not advance
Robert Dickinson	High jump	N/A				1.75	5	did not advance
Cyril Ellis	1500 m	N/A				4:08.1	3	did not advance
Arthur Farrimond	Marathon	N/A						3:05:15.0	17
Samuel Ferris	Marathon	N/A						2:52:26.0	5
Fred Gaby	110 m hurdles	N/A		15.6	1 Q	15.7	3	did not advance
Gordon Goodwin	10 km walk	N/A				49:04.0	1 Q	48:37.9
Ernie Harper	10000 m	N/A						31:58.0	5
	Cross country	N/A						35:45.4	4
Eric Harrison	110 m hurdles	N/A		Unknown	2 Q	15.7	4	did not advance
Jack Higginson	Triple jump	N/A				13.34	7	did not advance
Harry Houghton	800 m	N/A		1:58.4	2 Q	1:57.3	2 Q	1:58.0	9
Charles Johnstone	5000 m	N/A				15:27.4	5	did not advance
Crawford Kerr	High jump	N/A				No mark	5	did not advance
Harold Langley	Triple jump	N/A				12.74	8	did not advance
Ernest Letherland	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
Eric Liddell	200 m	22.2	1 Q	Unknown	2 Q	21.8	2 Q	21.9
	400 m	50.2	1 Q	49.3	2 Q	48.2	1 Q	47.6 WR
Douglas Lowe	800 m	N/A		1:58.0	1 Q	1:56.8	1 Q	1:52.4
	1500 m	N/A				4:07.2	2 Q	3:57.0	4
Christopher MacKintosh	Long jump	N/A				6.88	3 Q	6.92	6
Thomas Matthewman	200 m	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
Jack McKenna	Marathon	N/A						3:30:40.0	27
Albert Mills	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
Evelyn Montague	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				9:48.0	3 Q	9:58.0	6
Edgar Mountain	800 m	N/A		Unknown	3 Q	Unknown	7	did not advance
Sidney Newey	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				Unknown	3 Q	Unknown	9
Wilfred Nichol	100 m	11.0	1 Q	11.0	2 Q	11.3	4	did not advance
	200 m	22.6	1 Q	22.6	2 Q	22.4	5	did not advance
Malcolm Nokes	Hammer throw	N/A				48.875	2 Q	48.875
John Odde	Triple jump	N/A				13.40	6	did not advance
Leopold Partridge	110 m hurdles	N/A		Unknown	3	did not advance
Walter Rangeley	100 m	11.0	1 Q	11.0	3	did not advance
George Renwick	400 m	50.3	2 Q	Unknown	6	did not advance
Lancelot Royle	100 m	11.0	1 Q	Unknown	3	did not advance
Frank Saunders	5000 m	N/A				15:37.0	4 Q	15:54.0	10
Arthur Sewell	Cross country	N/A						did not finish
Donald Slack	Pentathlon	N/A						Elim-3
	Decathlon	N/A						5148.105	25
Percy Spark	Pentathlon	N/A						Elim-3
	Decathlon	N/A						did not finish
Sonny Spencer	1500 m	N/A				4:09.0	2 Q	4:03.7	11
H. B. Stallard	800 m	N/A		1:57.6	1 Q	1:54.2	1 Q	1:53.0	4
	1500 m	N/A				4:11.8	1 Q	3:55.6
Ralph Starr	5000 m	N/A				Unknown	6	did not advance
Wilfrid Tatham	400 m hurdles	N/A		58.5	3	did not advance
Edward Toms	400 m	49.9	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
Gordon Watts	10 km walk	N/A				Disqualified		did not advance
Eddie Webster	10000 m	N/A						did not finish
	Cross country	N/A						did not finish
Joseph Williams	Cross country	N/A						did not finish
Arthur Willis	High jump	N/A				No mark	3	did not advance
Rex Woods	Shot put	N/A				11.77	7	did not advance
Dunky Wright	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
Harold Abrahams Wilfred Nichol Walter Rangeley Lancelot Royle	4 × 100 m relay	N/A		42.0 WR	1 Q	41.8	1 Q	42.5
Guy Butler George Renwick Richard Ripley Edward Toms	4 × 400 m relay	N/A				3:22.0	1 Q	3:17.4
John Benham Ernie Harper Arthur Sewell Eddie Webster Joseph Williams	Team cross country	N/A						did not finish
Arthur Clark Herbert Johnston Bertram Macdonald Walter Porter William Seagrove George Webber	3000 m team	N/A				15	2 Q	14

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Sixteen boxers represented Great Britain at the 1924 Games; Great Britain was one of four nations to have two wrestlers in each weight class (along with France, Italy, and the United States). It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Great Britain matched the United States for most gold medals, at two, and most silver medals, also at two; those were all the medals won by the British team, however, while the United States also took a pair of bronzes to take the top medal spot with six to Great Britain's four. Mallin's middleweight championship came after a quarterfinal win by disqualification (Brousse bit Mallin) and a bout against countryman Elliott in the final. Mitchell took the light heavyweight crown without being bitten.

More information Boxer, Weight class ...

Boxer	Weight class	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alf Barber	Bantamweight	Bye	Smit (NED) W	Ces (FRA) L	did not advance		5
James Basham	Welterweight	Dwyer (IRL) L	did not advance				17
Arthur Beavis	Featherweight	Flammang (LUX) W	Quartucci (ARG) L	did not advance			9
Arthur Clifton	Heavyweight	N/A	Eagan (USA) W	Petersen (DEN) L	did not advance		5
John Courtis	Light heavyweight	Bye	Maurer (LUX) W	Saraudi (ITA) L	did not advance		5
Harry Dingley	Featherweight	Bye	Tuns (BEL) W	Devergnies (BEL) L	did not advance		5
John Elliott	Middleweight	Bye	Givel (SUI) W	Henning (CAN) W	Black (CAN) W	Mallin (GBR) L
Harry Mallin	Middleweight	Stokstad (NOR) W	Siebert (SUI) W	Brousse (FRA) W	Beecken (BEL) W	Elliott (GBR) W
James McKenzie	Flyweight	Bye	Turksma (NED) W	MacGregor (CAN) W	Fee (USA) W	LaBarba (USA) L
Harry Mitchell	Light heavyweight	Miljon (NED) W	Foquet (FRA) W	Rossignon (FRA) W	Saraudi (ITA) W	Petersen (DEN) W
Patrick O'Hanrahan	Welterweight	Dubois (FRA) W	Delarge (BEL) L	did not advance			9
Cornelis O'Kelly	Heavyweight	N/A	Bertazzolo (ITA) L	did not advance			9
George Shorter	Lightweight	Bye	Boylstein (USA) L	did not advance			9
Les Tarrant	Bantamweight	Bye	Tripoli (USA) L	did not advance			9
Ernest Warwick	Flyweight	LaBarba (USA) L	did not advance				17
William White	Lightweight	Copello (ARG) L	did not advance				17

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More information Opponent nation, Wins ...

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Argentina 0 2 .000  Belgium 2 2 .500  Canada 3 0 1.000  Denmark 1 1 .500  France 4 1 .800  Ireland 0 1 .000  Italy 1 2 .333  Luxembourg 2 0 1.000  Netherlands 3 0 1.000  Norway 1 0 1.000  Switzerland 2 0 1.000  United States 2 4 .333 Total international 21 13 .618  Great Britain 1 1 .500 Total 22 14 .611

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 4 3 .571 Round of 16 8 5 .615 Quarterfinals 4 4 .500 Semifinals 4 0 1.000 Final 2 2 .500 Bronze match 0 0 – Total 22 14 .611

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Twelve cyclists represented Great Britain in 1924, the most of any nation. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport. The British cyclists took two medals—the silver and bronze in the 50 kilometres.

Track cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

More information Cyclist, Event ...

Cyclist	Event	First round		First repechage		Quarterfinals		Second repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cyril Alden	50 km	N/A										Unknown
Herbert Fuller	Sprint	13.8	1 Q	Advanced directly		13.0	1 Q	Advanced directly		Unknown	2	did not advance
George Owen	Sprint	Unknown	2 r	Unknown	1 Q	Unknown	3 r	Unknown	4	did not advance
Harry Wyld	50 km	N/A										Unknown
Frederick Habberfield Thomas Harvey	Tandem	N/A								Unknown	2	did not advance
Frederick Habberfield Thomas Harvey Henry Lee William Stewart	Team pursuit	Unknown	2	N/A		did not advance		N/A		did not advance

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Eleven divers, five men and six women, represented Great Britain in 1924. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. Clarke's bronze in the plain high diving competition resulted in Great Britain winning a single medal for the third consecutive Games.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

More information Diver, Event ...

Diver	Event	Semifinals			Final
		Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank
Harold Clarke	Plain high diving	9	162	1 Q	15.5	158
Albert Dickin	Plain high diving	25.5	141	6	did not advance
Albert Knight	10 m platform	19	394.5	4	did not advance
	Plain high diving	12	156	3 Q	31	137	7
Eric MacDonald	3 m board	29	433.2	6	did not advance
	10 m platform	25	345.5	5	did not advance
Gregory Matveieff	3 m board	21	414.1	4	did not advance

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Women

Six equestrians represented Great Britain in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport, and first since 1912. Bowden-Smith matched the country's best result to date with a fourth-place finish in the jumping event.

20 fencers, 16 men and 4 women, represented Great Britain in 1924. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport. Great Britain was one of nine nations to enter women in the first Olympic women's fencing competition; Davis took second in the event to give Great Britain its first individual fencing medal, and first fencing medal since the épée team took silver in 1912.

Men

Ranks given are within the pool.

Women

Ranks given are within the pool.

More information Fencer, Event ...

Fencer	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gladys Daniell	Foil	5–0	1 Q	1–4	5	did not advance
Gladys Davis	Foil	4–2	2 Q	5–0	1 Q	4–1
Muriel Freeman	Foil	4–1	2 Q	4–1	2 Q	2–3	4
Alice Walker	Foil	1–4	6	did not advance

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Eight gymnasts represented Great Britain in 1924. It was the nation's sixth appearance in the sport, matching France for most appearances to that point.

Four pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1924. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Great Britain was one of six nations to have competed in each edition of the Olympic modern pentathlon to that time.

Great Britain sent a polo team to the Olympics for the fourth time in 1924. Great Britain was the only nation to send poloists to each Olympic polo tournament. The team beat both of the other European teams, France and Spain, but lost to each of the American teams, Argentina and the United States, in the round-robin tournament to finish with the bronze medal.

Ranks given are within the pool.

More information Players, Event ...

Players	Event	Round robin
		Wins	Losses	Points for	Points against	Rank
Frederick Barrett Dennis Bingham Fred Guest Kinnear Wise	Men's polo	2	2	33	24

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21 rowers represented Great Britain in 1924. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport, tying Belgium and Canada for most appearances. For the first time, some of the British rowers competed without winning medals; prior to 1924, Great Britain won 15 medals with its 15 entries. In 1924, the rowers took only two gold medals in their five entries.

Ranks given are within the heat.

More information Rower, Event ...

Rower	Event	Semifinals		Repechage		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jack Beresford	Single sculls	Unknown	2 r	8:00.4	1 Q	7:49.2
Gordon Killick Cyril Southgate	Coxless pair	Unknown	2 r	Walkover		Did not start	3[2]
Maxwell Eley James MacNabb Robert Morrison Terence Sanders	Coxless four	6:43.0	1 Q	N/A		7:08.6
Harry Barnsley Vince Bovington Bernard Croucher Thomas Monk John Townend	Coxed four	Unknown	2 r	Unknown	2	did not advance
Reginald Bare Edward Chandler Horace Debenham Peter Dulley Ian Fairbairn Jack Godwin Arthur Long Harold Morphy Charles Rew	Eight	6:04.0	1 Q	Advanced directly		Unknown	4

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Five sailors represented Great Britain in 1924. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. The British team finished with a silver medal; it was the first time Great Britain competed in sailing but did not win any gold medals in the sport.

More information Sailor, Event ...

Sailor	Event	Qualifying				Final
		Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Harold Fowler	Olympic monotype	4	2 Q	N/A		6	6	12	7
Harold Fowler Edwin Jacob Thomas Riggs Walter Riggs Ernest Roney	8 metre class	3	1 Q	3	8	2	3	5

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Twenty-two sport shooters represented Great Britain in 1924. It was the nation's sixth appearance in the sport; Great Britain was one of three countries (along with Denmark and France) to have competed in each Olympic shooting contest. Mackworth-Praed took a pair of silver medals in the individual running deer competitions and led the British team to the gold medal in the double shots running deer event.

More information Shooter, Event ...

Shooter	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
William Artis	50 m rifle, prone	369	52
Charles Bounton	25 m rapid fire pistol	17	9
Frederick Bracegirdle	50 m rifle, prone	367	55
John Clift	50 m rifle, prone	365	57
Henry Douglas	600 m free rifle	80	34
John Faunthorpe	100 m deer, single shots	31	21
Peter Griffiths	25 m rapid fire pistol	13	40
Enoch Jenkins	Trap	94	11
David Lewis	50 m rifle, prone	371	49
Charles Mackie	25 m rapid fire pistol	16	21
Cyril Mackworth-Praed	100 m deer, single shots	39
	100 m deer, double shots	72
	Trap	Unknown	31–44
Alexander Martin	600 m free rifle	87	9
Thomas Northcote	600 m free rifle	82	24
John O'Leary	Trap	89	24
Herbert Perry	100 m deer, double shots	59	13
Ted Ranken	100 m deer, single shots	30	22
	100 m deer, double shots	51	22
Alexander Rogers	100 m deer, single shots	26	26
Allen Whitty	100 m deer, double shots	56	18
John Faunthorpe Cyril Mackworth-Praed John O'Leary Alexander Rogers	Team deer, single shots	136	4
Cyril Mackworth-Praed Philip Neame Herbert Perry Allen Whitty	Team deer, double shots	263
William Grosvenor Enoch Jenkins Hans Larsen Cyril Mackworth-Praed George Neal John O'Leary	Team clay pigeons	328	8

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Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

^* – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.

Women

More information Swimmer, Event ...

Swimmer	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Florence Barker	100 m freestyle	1:20.8	2 Q	1:21.4	5	did not advance
Helen Boyle	100 m backstroke	—		1:43.0	3	did not advance
Gladys Carson	200 m breaststroke	—		3:30.0	1 Q	3:35.4
Irene Gilbert	200 m breaststroke	—		3:32.8	2 Q	3:38.0	5
Phyllis Harding	100 m backstroke	—		1:29.4	2 Q	1:27.4
Constance Jeans	100 m freestyle	1:16.0	1 Q	1:16.6	2 Q	1:15.4	4
	400 m freestyle	6:34.6	2 Q	6:37.8	4	did not advance
Ellen King	100 m backstroke	—		1:38.2	4	did not advance
Doris Molesworth	400 m freestyle	6:28.6	2 Q	6:19.8	2 Q	6:25.4	4
Lucy Morton	200 m breaststroke	—		3:29.4	1 Q	3:33.2
Iris Tanner	100 m freestyle	1:22.4	2 Q	1:18.6	3 q	1:20.8	5
	400 m freestyle	6:35.4	2 Q	6:34.0	3	did not advance
Florence Barker Constance Jeans Grace McKenzie Iris Tanner	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—				5:17.0

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More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
John Gilbert	Singles	Đurđenski (YUG) W 8–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2	Leembruggen (NED) W 6–1, 12–10, 6–1	Bayley (AUS) W 7–5, 9–7, 6–1	Harada (JPN) L 8–10, 6–2, 9–11, 2–6	did not advance
Algernon Kingscote	Singles	Rohrer (TCH) W 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3	Müller (SWE) W 6–2, 7–5, 6–2	Granholm (FIN) W 6–2, 6–0, 6–2	Borotra (FRA) L 1–6, 3–6, 1–6	did not advance
John Wheatley	Singles	Fukuda (JPN) L 2–6, 4–6, 3–6	did not advance
Max Woosnam	Singles	Bye	Thalbitzer (DEN) W 6–1, 6–1, 6–2	Spence (RSA) L 6–4, 8–10, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6	did not advance
Leslie Godfree Max Woosnam	Doubles	—	Rohrer / Gottlieb (TCH) L 3–6, 4–6, 2–6	did not advance
Algernon Kingscote John Wheatley	Doubles	—	J. Alonso / M. Alonso (ESP) L 4–6, 3–6, 1–6	did not advance

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Women

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Phyllis Covell	Singles	Wallis (IRL) W 3–6, 6–0, 6–2	Várady-Péter (HUN) W 6–1, 6–3	Golding (FRA) L 3–6, 6–3, 2–6	did not advance
Kathleen McKane	Singles	Bye	de Borman (BEL) W 6–0, 6–2	Fick (SWE) W 6–1, 6–1	Jessup (USA) W 6–2, 6–0	Vlasto (FRA) L 6–0, 5–7, 1–6	Bronze medal final  Golding (FRA) W 5–7, 6–3, 6–0
Phyllis Satterthwaite	Singles	Bye	Bye	Wills Moody (USA) L 1–6, 1–6	did not advance
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	Singles	Bye	Storms (BEL) W 6–1, 6–1	Gagliardi (ITA) W 6–1, 6–0	Vlasto (FRA) L 4–6, 2–6	did not advance
Evelyn Colyer Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	Doubles	—	Bye	Bye	Golding / Vaussard (FRA) W 6–2, 6–2	Wills Moody / Wightman (USA) L 3–6, 6–1, 5–7	Bronze medal final  Billout / Bourgeois (FRA) W 6–1, 6–2
Phyllis Covell Kathleen McKane	Doubles	—	Jessup / Goss (USA) W 6–1, 6–2	de Borman / Storms (BEL) W 6–1, 6–2	Fick / von Essen (USA) W 6–2, 6–3	Billout / Bourgeois (FRA) W 6–2, 6–2	Wills Moody / Wightman (USA) L 5–7, 6–8

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Mixed

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Phyllis Covell Leslie Godfree	Doubles	Blair-White / Ireland (IRL) W 6–2, 6–4	Bye	Bouman / Timmer (NED) L 1–6, 5–7	did not advance
John Gilbert Kathleen McKane	Doubles	Bye	Perelli / de Morpurgo (ITA) W 9–7, 1–6, 7–6	Wallis / McCrea (IRL) W 6–1, 7–5	Wightman / Williams (USA) L 6–2, 6–8, 1–6	Bronze medal final  Bouman / Timmer (NED) L Retired	4

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Great Britain made its fifth Olympic water polo appearance (having missed only the 1904 tournament). The team, which had won the gold medal in all four of its prior appearances, lost a one-goal game to Hungary in the first round, eliminating it from medal contention early.

Roster

• Harold Annison
• John Budd
• Charles Bugbee
• Smith D. Edward
• R. Haston
• Richard Hodgson
• Arthur Hunt
• William Peacock
• Paul Radmilovic
• Charles Sydney

First round

Hungary

7–6

Great Britain

Piscine des Tourelles